ALICE. It will be our ruin.
CAPTAIN. That's why the officers have proposed to petition His Royal Majesty for special expense money.
ALICE. For whom?
CAPTAIN. For the corporals.
ALICE. [Laughing] You are crazy!
CAPTAIN. Yes, laugh a little for me. I need it.
ALICE. I shall soon have forgotten how to laugh——
CAPTAIN. [Lighting his cigar] That is something one should never forget—it is tedious enough anyhow!
ALICE. Well, it is not very amusing—Do you want to play any more?
CAPTAIN. No, it tires me.